in the night

In the night,

I chugged emulsified trees + plants

I gobbled rosy blood and organs

I inhaled cerulean god spirits

In the night,

I gorged on dark chocolate under my fingernails

I bathed in geriatric nightmare pools

I dozed in the dank darkness of dreamland

In the night,

I threw back a remedy for the day

I mainlined a prize for my woes

I basked in the blue light portals to paradise

In the night,

I careened in a caravan of carelessness

I pissed on pictures of peace and patience

I defecated at the door to deliverance

Now in the day,

Soaking in sunrise lost its luster

Trifling tears don’t make a dent

Visions of veracity blur at the borders

Nerve endings burned to a crisp.

excerpt from The Search of Broken Eyes